Drug abuse, X Factor rows and public spats over babies… The real reasons for Cheryl and Sarah Harding’s very public fall out

The relationship between the pair has been rocky for years

By Lauren Franklin, Showbiz Reporter

18th July 2017,9:42 pm

Updated: 19th July 2017,12:46 pm

CHERYL’S relationship with her Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding has been strained for years and this week it hit a new low when Cheryl dealt Sarah the ultimate, modern day snub and unfollowed her on Twitter.

Sarah responded by posting a cryptic message about Karma to her Instagram page, which fans immediately assumed was aimed at Cheryl.

Cheryl and Sarah Harding’s relationship had been rocky during the years leading up to the social media put-down

A friend of Cheryl’s has since told us the singer actually unfollowed Sarah last year, revealing: “Cheryl unfollowed her a year ago.

“It was nothing to do with anything now.

“She still follows Sarah on Instagram and Cheryl looks at Instagram more than Twitter.”

The reason for the public fall-out remains a mystery, but it is no secret that party girl Sarah and Cheryl have always been worlds apart.

Sarah became infamous for her wild ways when Girls Aloud were in their prime, with footage from their 2006 documentary Off The Record showing her going out partying, while Cheryl, who rarely drinks alcohol, would disappear off to bed.

Fans have also speculated that Sarah’s prescription drugs and alcohol addiction offended Cheryl.

And if Sarah still didn’t know how Cheryl and her mates really felt about her, she finally got the memo when she wasn’t invited to Nicola’s 30th birthday party in October 2015 leading to her slamming her former pals in another interview.

Sarah told The Sun: “I didn’t get a f***ing invite to Nicola’s birthday! I nearly tweeted about it but I thought I better not. If I had an invite I wouldn’t have gone, but I didn’t.

“Relations were good between us until I didn’t get an invite.”

Days later Cheryl appeared to respond to Sarah in a thinly-veiled Instagram post, captioned: “#Tbt Tangled up tour.. you’re keeping control of the knife #2008 #memories.”

However, a source close to Cheryl insists there’s no feud with the other bandmates, telling us: “There is no fall out.